Janet French Laughlin
Nov 24, 2020
Janet French Laughlin, longtime resident of Chelmsford, MA and recently of Concord, MA, passed away on November 4, 2020. She was 94. Janet was born in Lowell, MA to Leonard and Gertrude (Bachmann) French. She grew up in Lowell, attended Northfield School, and graduated from Pembroke College in Brown University in 1948. While at Brown, Janet met the love of...
Alice R. "Kitty" Pierson
Nov 24, 2020
Alice R. "Kitty" Pierson of Lincoln, Massachusetts, formerly of Englewood, NJ, died Tuesday, November 24, 2020, at her home after complications following hip surgery. She was 91 years old and was surrounded by family at the time.Born Alice Winthrop Roberts in Princeton, New Jersey, she was the daughter of Sylvia and Thomas Roberts. She was nicknamed "Kitty" from birth. Her...
Deborah Throop Leighton
Nov 23, 2020
Deborah Throop Leighton, intrepid traveler of the globe and lifelong student of the arts and language, died November 23rd at 83. Though she also lived in Lincoln, Boston and Bedford, home was always Concord, MA, where she grew up, the daughter of Dan and Martha Smith and sister to Louise and Throop, attended Concord Academy (class of '55) and raised...
Peter Francis Caswell
Nov 11, 2020
After a battle with pancreatic cancer, Peter Francis Caswell, of Concord, MA, died on November 11, 2020. He was 61 years old and the son of the late Francis W. and Diane C. Caswell of Jamestown, RI. He leaves behind his partner Jane, his children, Joshua, Gregory, and Daniel, his daughters-in-law Sadie and Brie, his grandchildren Simon, Emery, and Austin,...
Martha Martin Nestor
Nov 11, 2020
Martha Martin Nestor passed away November 11, 2020. She was born in Pennsylvania, the daughter of Barbara Grandlienard Martin, an artist, and John Cochrane Martin, a chemical engineer. The family hobbies were gardening, orchard-keeping, sailing and painting, and they remained interests to the end of her life. She graduated from Mt. Holyoke College with a degree in English literature and...
Russell Stearns Beede
Nov 8, 2020
Russell Stearns Beede, 85, passed away peacefully on November 8, 2020 at his home in Westport, Massachusetts. He was born May 15, 1935 in Providence, Rhode Island, the son of Robert Jenks Beede and Virginia Hopkins (Stearns) Beede.Russell graduated from Milton Academy in 1953 and Williams College in 1957. After college, Russell attended Officer Candidate School in Newport, RI and...
Boyi Ho
Nov 6, 2020
Boyi Ho, 95, died peacefully on November 6, 2020, following a rich and illustrious life. She is survived by her husband, Kequn Li, of Athens, Ohio; daughter, Yunsheng Li (Xiaozhuo Chen) of Athens; and sons, Chin Li (Yanhui Liu), of Murray Hill, New Jersey, and Jian Li (Lijun Liu), of Beijing; sister Shukun Ho, of Hefei, China; brother S.K. Ho...
Leah Anne Zallman
Nov 5, 2020
Leah Anne Zallman, MD, MPH, age 40, of Somerville passed away on Thursday, November 5, 2020. She was the beloved wife of Nadav Tanners and loving mother of Eli Zallman and Kai Tanners. She is also survived by her sister Shana Zallman, her niece Isa Zallman, her mother Marcia Bernbaum, and was preceded in death by her father Eric Zallman....
Joelle Chantal Birkett
Oct 29, 2020
Joëlle Chantal Birkett (née Roy), 71, of Concord, MA, passed away Thursday, October 29, 2020 at Care Dimensions Hospice House in Lincoln, MA. She was the beloved wife of Robert Birkett and the loving mother of Claire Birkett. Joëlle was born in Enghien-Les-Bains, France on July 21,1949. She was preceded in death by her parents Ginette and Jacques Roy, and...
Susan Shelby (Patterson) Harding
Oct 27, 2020
Susan Shelby (Patterson) Harding age 78 and resident of Lincoln, died peacefully at home from metastatic brain cancer. She was born July 13, 1942 in Louisville, KY, the daughter of George C. and Kitty Park Patterson. She graduated from the Louisville Collegiate School in 1960 and from Radcliffe College in 1964 as a Phi Beta Kappa Art History major.She is...